Course Program
1.
General Concepts on ICEs.
- Initial Considerations on Energy Saving and Pollution Problems.
- Real Cycle.
- Charge Exchange Phase in 4-Stroke Engines.
- Fluid Dynamics of Intake and Exhaust Ducts.
- Variable Valve Timing.
- Supercharging.
- Downsizing as a Technique for Fuel Consumption Reduction.
- Air Supply in 2-Stroke Engines.
- Analysis and Optimization of the Scavenging Process.
- Charge Motion, Turbulence, Cycle-to-Cycle Variation.
2.
Fuel Supply in Spark-Ignition Engines.
- Engine Requirements.
- Mixture Distribution.
- Injection Systems.
- Strategies and Techniques for Electronic Engine Control.
- Combustion in Spark-Ignition Engines.
- Influence of Main Parameters.
- Abnormal Combustion.
- Heat Release Law.
- GDI Engines.
- Fuel Supply Requirements for Diesel Cycle Engines.
- Injection Systems.
- Spray Characteristics.
- Combustion in Diesel Engines.
- Process Characteristics.
3.
Pollutant Formation and Control.
- General Information on Pollutant Species.
- Emission Measurement.
- Influence of Operating Parameters on Harmful Emissions.
- Analysis of Methods for Emission Containment and After-Treatment Systems: Catalytic Converters, Exhaust Gas Filtration Devices, Potential of Alternative Fuels.
- Hybrid Propulsion.
- Introduction to Numerical Simulation of Engine Operation.
